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Day Hospital Care for the Mentally Subnormal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Michael Craft ,
Hugh Freeman ,
H. Lockwood  and
R. Wilkins
Michael Craft
Affiliation:
Oakwood Park Hospital, Conway, and Bryn-y-Neuadd Hospital, near Bangor
Hugh Freeman
Affiliation:
Salford Royal Hospital, Lancs.
H. Lockwood
Affiliation:
Oakwood Park Hospital, Conway
R. Wilkins
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Social Security, London, S.E.1
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The care of the mentally subnormal in Britain has quite suddenly become a live and prominent issue, but public indignation fades quickly and political interest is soon transferred to other issues that are constantly arising. The time seems ripe to re-think the overall philosophy of provision for the mentally subnormal in a developed industrial society, and in particular, the place of the large institution (Craft, 1970; and McKeown, 1970). These institutions resulted from conditions which no longer exist, and they now attempt to carry out a variety of functions, which many think ought to be separated. However, the subject remains a very controversial one (Shapiro, 1969, 1970; Freeman, 1969a).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 550 , September 1971 , pp. 287 - 294
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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